Hiroshi Wakasugi was a Japanese orchestra conductor.
12 Facts About Hiroshi Wakasugi
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Hiroshi Wakasugi premiered many of the major Western operas in Japan, and was honoured with many awards for cultural achievement.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi was best known for conducting works by German composers such as Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Strauss.
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For leading the Japanese premiere of Penderecki's St Luke Passion, Hiroshi Wakasugi was awarded the National Arts Festival Prize by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 1968.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi established the Tokyo Chamber Opera Theatre in 1969 and remained its artistic director for the rest of his life.
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Besides leading many international orchestras, Hiroshi Wakasugi was principal conductor of the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1983, and general music director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dusseldorf from 1981 to 1986.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi was artistic director and principal conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich in Switzerland from 1987 to 1991.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi was chosen to be the former's next music director, but the reunification of Germany and the unraveling of the East German theatre system derailed this appointment.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi was music director and principal conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi was a member of the Japan Art Academy.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi was a recipient of the 1986 Suntory Music Award.
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Hiroshi Wakasugi died in Tokyo on 21 July 2009 from multiple organ failure.